Recent News
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05/30/2013 | ARRL Comments on Proposed Expansion of 5 GHz Unlicensed Broadband
Observing that “a decision in the near term with respect to the addition of [unlicensed National Information Infrastructure] U-NII devices to the 5.85-5.925 GHz band would be premature,” the ARRL has commented in response to an FCC Notice of Proposed Rule
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05/30/2013 | June VHF Contest Coming June 8-10
As summer starts to warm up, the VHF bands will be hot for the 2013 ARRL June VHF Contest, June 8-10. Even with a modest station, it’s possible to work hundreds of miles on the VHF bands during a good opening.
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05/29/2013 | FCC Seeks Small Vanity Call Sign Fee Increase
The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on May 23, seeking to raise the fee for Amateur Radio vanity call signs by 20 cents. Currently, a vanity call sign costs $15 and is good for 10 years; the new fee, if approved, will go up to $15.20 f
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05/28/2013 | Spanish Amateurs Gain New Frequencies
Spanish Amateurs Gain New Frequencies
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05/27/2013 | Forecasters Calling for “Active or Extremely Active” Atlantic Hurricane Season
Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are calling for an “active or extremely active” 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1-November 30.
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05/26/2013 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Hams on Mars (Almost)Eight Missouri S&T students took their Amateur Radio license exams last week -- and passed! Most of the examinees wanted to get a license so they could legally operate high power wireless equipment for the Mars Rover Design Team, or MRDT.
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05/24/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity remains quiet, but on May 16 the daily sunspot number reached 212. I had to keep searching further and further back in the records to find a higher sunspot number. One year, six months and one week earlier -- November 9, 2011 -- the sunspot
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05/24/2013 | No ARRL Audio News on May 30
There will be no ARRL Audio News on Thursday, May 30. The ARRL Letter will be distributed on its usual schedule. The Audio News will return on Thursday, June 6.
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